Echoes Choes Hoes Oes Es S 2Compiled by Jim Kacian & Julie Warther Echoes 2 Red Moon Press © 2018 Poems Are Copyrighted in the Names of the Individual Poet
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echoes choes hoes oes es s 2Compiled by Jim Kacian & Julie Warther echoes 2 Red Moon Press © 2018 Poems are copyrighted in the names of the individual poet. All rights revert to the poet upon publication. Red Moon Press P.O. Box 2461 Winchester VA 22504-1661 USA www.redmoonpress.com ISBN 978-1718615854 This is an interactive pdf. That means where you find text in green you will find active links that will connect to relevant sites. We will try to keep these as current as possible, but things do break. Though extensive, this volume is far from complete. We have tried to contact every poet from every volume of New Res, but as you will discover, we have not always been successful. We could use your help. If you know any of the poets who do not have an updated page here, please contact them and let them know we'd love to hear from them. It is our hope that this book will evolve over time. You can purchase a grayscale print copy of echoes 2 using this link. The price you find there is the minimum price allowed by the printer. ormp Foreword to echoes 1 Somewhere midway through the third of what is now five volumes (and counting) of The New Resonance series it became apparent to us that this was more than just a collection of books showcasing emerging talent. The New Resonance Poets are a community, and we wanted that community to stay in touch with each other and abreast of each other’s work. The result is this volume, which is both a kind of yearbook and a compendium of outstanding work. It is also an almanac of the current state of affairs in English-language haiku, since so many who have appeared in this series have become the outstanding figures of our time in our genre, as poets, volunteers, speakers, officials, judges and most generally as the face of haiku today. We’re proud of our role in identifying and nurturing this talent, but of course the credit ultimately must go to this talented group who have given us the op- portunity to enjoy their work both in The New Resonance series and through their subsequent excellent appearances in journals and books worldwide. It is not too much to expect that we will look back at this group as seminal in the development of haiku in our time, and we have had the pleasure of seeing them grow into the role. Jim Kacian & Dee Evetts Series Editors, A New Resonance Foreword to echoes 2 The New Resonance series celebrated its 20th anniversary with the publication of its 10th volume in 2017, bringing the New Resonance community to 170 poets, many of whom have made a serious impact on the practice of English-language haiku. Following its fifthNew Res volume, Red Moon Press produced echoes 1, which was an update of poets who appeared in those first five volumes. echoes 2 brings the community up to date by including poets from all 10 volumes. It is a chance to touch base with our New Resonance friends — a reunion of sorts. Of course, reunions can be tricky. We wonder what others’ expectations are for us and whether we’ve met them. We’ve aged, changed, and hopefully grown. Our interests of five, ten or twenty years ago are different now. Those changes don’t make us more or less a part of the community though. In this community, we know at some point haiku played a vital role in each poet’s life. Its influence shaped, in large and small ways, who we are today. And these are the faces with which we look forward to getting reacquainted. While all the members featured here share a love of haiku, they are also a wonderfully diverse group of individuals. Find in these pages a poet who teaches a course on cave painting and another who has had her tanka sequences performed by chorales. One lives off the grid. There are painters, photographers, singers, farmers, naturalists, homemakers, yoga instructors, teachers, writers, translators. Some who write everyday. Some who haven’t written in years. Some who have recently returned to haiku after a long absence. Others who claim they may never write again. Many who have used these little poems to write through grief and illness or address social justice issues. We share the joy of finding the perfect words to express the heartfelt. We support each other and learn from our differences. This is the stuff of community. To my fellow New Resonance poets . It has been a humbling experience working on echoes 2. In the process, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting some of you for the first time and hearing your stories. From one of the new kids in the neighborhood, thank you for showing me around and introducing me to your friends. For paving the way and sharing your lives. It has indeed been an honor and privilege. Julie Warther A New Resonance 9 Alumna Series Editor m 10 volumes, 170 poets, 2550 poems over 20 years — New Res is a testament to the force of the flow that is English-language haiku. What began as a one-off has attained an arc and impetus of its own. Our series has become multi-generational, a bridge for people who share a language but no longer much of a culture. It is one way in which we affirm common cause, common values, a common poetic. Even this changes over time, and New Res is a testament to that as well. It is good to keep in touch, to share what’s new and important in our lives, even if only occasionally, and even if we might have drifted away from that which once united us. We still want to hear how you’ve been. Thanks for letting us know. Jim Kacian Series Editor, A New Resonance and for 20-year fellow-editor Dee Evetts and for echoes 1 co-compiler Alice Frampton echoes choes hoes oes es 2s The Community Name Scott Abeles Volume A New Resonance 10 Residence Washington DC Occupation Attorney I’m just a simple poet. My awards and other honors include having work selected for several Red Moon Anthologies. everywhere a handgun found but the road I'm on . among my father’s things . moonshine autumn begins Shamrock Modern Haiku no matter how I try to dilute you absinthe Frogpond 37.2 reawakening inside her rib cage murmur of autumn Modern Haiku 46.2 just when I thought city limits she was out of my head the wind whispers lilacs what I want it to Frogpond unpublished Name Mary Frederick Ahearn Volume A New Resonance 10 Residence Pottstown PA Occupation Retired I don't really have a haiku career, just a love for it and haibun. I also write tanka and tanka prose. No published books, just appearances in other people's books such as Robert Epstein, Scott Mason, and others. I've been included in Red Moon Anthologies for haiku and haibun, and won a Touchstone Individual Haiku Award from The Haiku Foundation in 2015. mockingbird's song again then again he changes his tune Acorn 39 sky mirrors sea the morning after a taste of salt Modern Haiku 48:3 blank journals the one with flowers Frogpond 40.3 honeybees sway on the snowdrops one of her good days The Wonder Code butterfly on a dandelion the baby's laugh The Wonder Code where the snow melts first snowdrops Acorn 38 Name Melissa Allen Volume A New Resonance 8 Residence Madison WI Occupation Technical Writer I’m currently a co-editor both of Bones: journal of contemporary haiku and of Haibun Today. I’ve been anthologized widely, including in Haiku in English (Norton, 2013), the Red Moon Anthology (2014 and 2016), and Haiku 2014 and Haiku 2016 (Modern Haiku Press). I’ve contributed haiku, haibun, haiga, and reviews to Frogpond, Modern Haiku, and several other journals, and an article to Juxtapositions (The Haiku Foundation, 2016). I presented at the Haiku North America conference in 2015 and 2017. At the moment, I’m more interested in writing haibun than standalone haiku. I live in Madison, Wisconsin, where I’ve been for 26 years after an upbringing in Connecticut. I work as a technical writer at a software company. It’s more fun than it sounds. I have a grown son and two cats. When I’m not writing for fun or profit, I enjoy running, studying cloud formations, going to the theater, and making it up as I go along. another bird dream probing the tenderness under a wing Frogpond 36.1 wind from the north a new piercing Modern Haiku 45.2 between the subtitles it’s all nature is/let 9/2014 all the after of a rose remaining Frogpond 38.1 at dusk the cries of a flock of consonants moongarlic 6 tonight’s moon another mistranslation Red Dragonfly: Haiku 2016 Name Mike Andrelczyk Volume A New Resonance 8 Residence Strasburg PA Occupation Writer/Reporter Collection The Celesta Made of Water Since appearing in A New Resonance 8 I've published a small collection of 30 haiku The Celesta Made of Water, which can be found on the Bones website, and another collection forthcoming. I've also had haiku appear in Modern Haiku Press's Haiku 2014, Haiku 2015 and Haiku 2016. I was also honored to have one of my haiku selected as the favorite haiku of issue 47.1 of Modern Haiku.